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"A human being should be able to change a
diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a
building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone,
comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone,
solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a
computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
Specialization is for insects." (Robert A. Heinlein)

Saturday, 8 March 2014

Test Drive: Ubuntu-Gnome 14.04 “Trusty Tahr” on the EEEPC 900

It's almost one month
before Ubuntu's spring update
time. As soon as first alpha then beta releases are made available I
take some time to have a look at them. Since the EEEPC is the oldest
computer I actually use the first question I ask myself before every
upgrade is: “Will the new release work fine on my old netbook?”.
I so downloaded
the latest (beta-1) available preview of Ubuntu Gnome edition and
prepared my USB disk for a brief evaluation.

Yes, It works!

The short answer is: yes,
it works. Ubuntu-Gnome booted in the usual featureless screen

Gnome Shell is as
responsive as before, the new versions show some (welcome)
differences in the application launcher where smaller icons and a
different scroll-bar look are used

I already said it:
extensions are what I like more about Gnome Shell. If I'm actually
using Gnome it's only because there are a set of extensions that make
it usable, at least from my point of view. I visited Gnome Extensions
page and tried to
activate the ones I usually have on my desktop. Unfortunately the
only that worked has been the Applications
Menu.

This is not surprising,
when Gnome Shell upgrades most of extensions have to be updated too.
I'll have to repeat the test before upgrading next month.